Matthew 19:8
He saith unto them, Moses for your hardness of heart suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it hath not been so.
American Standard Version
In The King James Version
In Context
7They say unto him, Why then did Moses command to give a bill of divorcement, and to put [her] away?
Cross References
Genesis 2:24Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
1 Samuel 25:43David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they became both of them his wives.
Jeremiah 6:16Thus saith Jehovah, Stand ye in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way; and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls: but they said, We will not walk [therein].
Malachi 2:13And this again ye do: ye cover the altar of Jehovah with tears, with weeping, and with sighing, insomuch that he regardeth not the offering any more, neither receiveth it with good will at your hand.
Matthew 8:31And the demons besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, send us away into the herd of swine.
1 Corinthians 7:6But this I say by way of concession, not of commandment.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 19:4-13
The Law of Divorce. 3 The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause? 4 And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, 5 And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? 6 Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put… Read the whole commentary →